BUTTZ, Charles Wilson, a Representative from South Carolina;
born in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., November 16, 1837;
moved with his parents to Buttzville, N.J., in 1839;
completed academic studies;
studied law in Belvidere, N.J.;
entered the Union Army in 1861 as second lieutenant in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry;
was promoted to first lieutenant in 1862;
was wounded in 1863;
resigned on account of impaired health in October 1863;
received two brevet ranks from the President, one as captain and the other as major, both dating May 1865;
was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced the practice of law in Norfolk, Va.;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864;
appointed director of the Exchange Bank of Virginia in 1864;
Commonwealth attorney for King William County in 1866;
moved to Charleston, S.C., in 1870;
solicitor of the first judicial circuit 1872-1880;
contested as a Republican the election of Edmund W. M. Mackey to the Forty-fourth Congress, but the House decided that neither was entitled to the seat;
subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the decision of the House and served from November 7, 1876, to March 3, 1877;
was not a candidate for renomination in 1876;
moved to Fargo, N.Dak., in 1878;
procured the official organization of Ransom County in 1882, and established his residence in what is now known as Buttzville, N.Dak.;
States attorney 1884-1886;
member of the State house of representatives 1903-1909;
died in Lisbon, Ransom County, N.Dak., July 20, 1913;
interment in Oakwood Cemetery.